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Its assets under management totaled $273.6 billion, up 15% from a year earlier and 0.3% from the fourth quarter. Since Jan. 1, fixed income, equity, and alternative investment assets grew by $11.3 billion, and liquid assets declined $10.5 billion, the company said.
Nuveen Chairman Tim Schwertfeger attributed his companys success to its commitment to long-term investing disciplines, its institutional clients and the firms relationship with financial advisers serving high-net-worth clients, particularly with Nuveen separate account portfolios.
Dow Jones Newswires attributed the two firms increases to their reliance on fixed-income, also noting that Back Rock and Nuveen are among the few financial service firms with positive reports for the quarter.